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5
DEATHS.
The deaths numbered 2,704 as compared with 2,626 in 1897, 2,622 in 1896,
2,860 in 1895, 2,466 in 1894, 3,146 in 1893, 2828 in 1892, and 3042 in 1891.
The distribution of the deaths amongst males and females in the four registration
districts of the parish was as follows:—

The deaths of males exceeded those of females by 196. The death-rate was 22 4
per thousand *inhabitants, slightly below the average for the past 10 years The
London death-rate during 1898 was 18-7 per thousand population, and the death-rate
for England and Wales was 17-6. In the subjoined table the death-rate of London
and Shoreditch for the years 1888—97 are compared : —

The mean annual death-rate for Shoreditch during the ten years ending 1897,
was 22.6 as compared with 20.0 for the whole of London. The mean death-rates for
Shoreditch and London during the ten years 1855-64 were 25.0 and 23.6 respectively.
The decrease in the death-rate is therefore more marked in London as a whole than
in Shoreditch, yet so far as Shoreditch is concerned the figures indicate that during
the ten years ending 1897 the deaths were not far short of 3,000 less than during the
ten years ending 1864. This result in the saving of life, which is mainly attributable
to the past efforts of the Sanitary Authority, satisfactory though it be, still leaves a
wide margin for improvement.
* The death-rate corrected for age and sex in the population was 23.2 per 1,000 population.